Blue Label - The Picture Of Tom EP
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Tracklisting: (click track title for lyrics)
1. Cloud
2. Painted On
3. Look Down
4. Eastenders Skies
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Born out of the 'Ten Commercial Pop Songs About Suicide' project from History Of Guns’s Max Rael comes Blue Label. or ('Songs you could hum in the bath about genocide, domestic violence, depression and suicide.')
History Of Guns collaborator Gary Hughes (also known for his work with Goldliner, The Few as well as his own dance projects and remix work) signed up to write and play the music (except keyboards), he also sang.
Lyrics written by Max Rael. Music written by Gary Hughes. Except 'Painted On' music written by Hughes/Rael.
cloud
(Hughes/Rael)
there’s cloud everywhere
it clings to everything
like the chewing gum in your hair
or the glue upon your skin
there’s cloud everywhere
and it gets in everything
like advertisements in your dreams
or sand inside machines
chemical war has been declared
but none of us are aware
because the chemicals that fill the air
are slowly destroying our minds
so I spent some time destroying
some things I had created
I don’t know if I felt better
but I guess i'm not the same
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Painted On
(Hughes/Rael)
1. He didn’t like the sound of chewing
Life had led us to this point
Is imagined happiness
As real as the real thing?
It seemed as though it was going well
No one had died for quite a while
But the Gold had all been painted on
And now I clearly see the cracks…
Maybe it’s just the weekly comedown
Kicking off another Monday
Maybe it’s down to of lack of sleep
But life just seems too hard
Underneath the weight of this, my feet press into the ground
Never mind the compromises, life is a series of deaths
2. I poured myself a glass of vodka
And drank it straight down in one
Just like the foul-tasting medicine
I drank when I was young
I think it’s always been a problem
Back before the furnace started
Always like this? All i know is
The picture of Tom is gone
Maybe it’s because I lost my money
And payday seems so far away
Maybe it’s just the dreams wearing off
But the edges seem too hard
Underneath the weight of this, my feet crack the cold concrete
Never mind the compromises, life is a series of deaths
3. I went over to whisper to him
Maybe it was what he wanted to hear
Leaned closed, chewed gum in his ear
And then we went on stage
It had felt as though it was back on track
Life had lead up to this point
But the cheap veneer just wore away
And now I plainly see the cracks…
Maybe it’s Seasonal Affective Disorder
And my body craves the sun!
Maybe it’s just that I’ve realised
The GolD Was PAINTED ON
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Look Down
(Hughes/Rael)
blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah
your clothes smell you're drunk again
and what the hell you doing with your life
no plans or hope for the future
etc.
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Eastenders Skies
(Hughes/Rael)
I haven’t made much effort
and I’m only telling you
because I know that otherwise
you wouldn’t notice me at all
I’ve been feeling tired for quite a while
and maybe I’m not thinking right
but I can’t remember the last time
that you looked at me
Sometimes I wonder
if I disappeared completely
would you realise
and maybe take your eyes
off Eastenders skies
and notice that I’d gone
you can make your own dinner
and even work the washing machine
I suppose I should be glad
you don’t need me to look after you
I’ve started writing stories now
they aren’t very good but they please me
sometimes it feels like it’s
the only time that I’m alive
Sometimes I wonder
if I disappeared completely
would you realise
and maybe take your eyes
off Eastenders skies
and notice that I’d gone
I’m writing this whilst you are at work
hunched over my little table thinking
quietly to myself I see some people
outside through the rain
I hear the neighbours through these walls
they may be shouting half the time
but at least they speak to each other
...and sometimes I hear them in bed...
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